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   antebellum

   /ˌantɪˈbɛləm/

   adjective

   • 1. occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the US Civil War: "the conventions of the antebellum South"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from Latin, from ante ‘before’ and bellum ‘war’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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